• Berryhill v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-04-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Harold B. Baker, Clinton L. Lott IV, Timothy Eidson Public Defender's Office, and Jason P. Carini, Cordele, for appellant.
    for defendant: Denise D. Fachini, District Attorney, Cordele, Christopher S. Cohilas, Assistant District Attorney, Albany, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Amy E. Hawkins Morelli, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S08A1775

    Evidence that the 2-month-old victim suffered from a cracked rib the first time he was alone with the defendant and that he died, after most likely being violently shaken, on a night that he went t

  • Rembert v. Rembert

    Publication Date: 2009-04-03
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sammie M. Mitchell McKee & Mitchell, Newnan, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gus L. Wood III Wood, Odom & Edge PA, Newnan, for appellee.

    Case Number: S08F1582

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in selecting the father as the final decision-maker regarding the children's education, membership in organizations and other extracurricular activities

  • Presley v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-04-03
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerard B. Kleinrock, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, Daniel J. Quinn and Gerald Mason, Assistant District Attorneys, Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: S08G1152

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in excluding obse from the courtroom during jury selection due to limited seating and the need to keep potential jurors from intermingling with obse

  • Davis v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-04-03
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William D. Edwards, Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. David Miller, District Attorney, Justo C. Cabral III, Bradford M. Shealy, Assistant District Attorneys, Valdosta, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Sara K. Sahni, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S08A1677

    The defendant was entitled to a jury charge on the law stated in O.C.G.A. § 24-4-6, since the state's case against him was largely circumstantial and the defendant submitted written request for char

  • Ferdinand v. City of Atlanta

    Publication Date: 2009-03-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samuel S. Woodhouse III The Woodhouse Law Firm, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Elizabeth V. Chandler, Lemuel H. Ward, Peter J. Andrews and Jeffrey S. Haymore, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S08A2102

    The trial court improperly converted what was a hearing on an interlocutory injunction into a final hearing on a permanent injunction and a hearing on the writ of mandamus, and the trial court did n

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  • In the Interest of K. R.

    Publication Date: 2009-03-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lori B. Duff Jones & Duff LLC, Loganville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Elizabeth M. Williamson, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Melanie R. Metcalf, Monroe, for appellee.

    Case Number: S08G1611

    O.C.G.A. § 5-6-35 a 12 applies to child custody proceedings and modifications of child custody filed on or after January 1, not orders entered after January 1,

  • State v. Evans

    Publication Date: 2009-03-06
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James D. McDade, District Attorney, James A. Dooley, Jeffrey L. Ballew, Assistant District Attorneys, Douglasville, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Mary B. Westmoreland, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Paige E. Boorman, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mary Erickson and M. Paul Reynolds Peters, Roberts, Reynolds and Erickson PC, Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: S08G0504

    A defendant's waiver of his right to counsel is valid, if the record reflects that the defendant ' "was made aware of the dangers of self-representation and nevertheless made a knowing and intellige

  • State v. Moon

    Publication Date: 2009-03-06
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert W. Lavender, District Attorney, Elberton, and Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James W. Smith, Athens, for appellee.

    Case Number: S08A1798

    The defendant's responses in a videotaped interview prior to his invocation of his right to remain silent were admis

  • Davis v. Deutsche Bank Nat'l Trust Co.

    Publication Date: 2009-02-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jammie Taire, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kurt R. Hilbert, Peter L. Lublin, Glen D. Rubin Adorno & Yoss LLC, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: S08A2067

    The appellant's appeal of the trial court's grant of partial summary judgment to the appellee in a suit involving a deed to secure debt on real property was dismissed for her failure to follow the n

  • BX Corp. v. Hickory Hill 1185 LLC

    Publication Date: 2009-02-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert J. Proctor, Bradley A. Hutchins and Adam C. Caskey Proctor Hutchins, for appellant.
    for defendant: . John A. B. Ayoub Ayoub & Mansour LLC, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S08A1548

    O.C.G.A. § 48-4-48, as amended in 1989, mandates that the ripening of title to property after expiration of the statutory period of redemption must occur by prescription by the tax deed gr